And We're Off

I am now married, possibly for a long time, and planning to live in Tokyo for about 1 year. A friend (left) recently traveled abroad for a few months and started a blog to keep in touch with everyone during that time. She suggested I do the same. Right before leaving for Tokyo, I reunited with one of my best friends from college whom I hadn't talked to in about 4 years. You can see his stunning portrait to the right, partially covered by yet another person I have failed to see since college. My gross incompetence with keeping in touch can no longer be ignored. Therefore, I will create this blog, and possibly post to it every so often, with photos. My lazy, half-assed pseudo-solutions (e.g., 2.007) will have to be addressed at a later date. I can only do so much at once.


What, married? I was ranked close to last in my pledge class at LCA to get married. I can't say for sure what would have happened if I hadn't reconnected with Heather, but I think that ranking had some truth to it. But I did reconnect with Heather. Below is one-third of our wedding album (Betsy Phipps cameo). Seeing this picture, I think those who know me will not need much more explanation as to the strength of our compatibility.

This picture really does say 1000 words. In case those words aren't coming through clearly, we got married in Heather's apartment, worked out immediately afterwards, and then went to a nice dinner at Salts in Cambridge. I highly recommend it. Anyway, it was the perfect wedding day.

Our plan to get married was made in conjunction with our plan to move to Tokyo. Heather's company, Basis Technology, has an office there, so it was the perfect opportunity to experience a dramatically different culture and learn a new language, two of Heather's favorite things. It's unfair that we're moving to a place where she fits in, but not me. We'll have to move somewhere else after Tokyo that suits my bathing and eating habits, like possibly a zoo.